Faculty and staff Viking Xpress bus passes now available for purchase

WWU Faculty & Staff Viking Xpress bus passes for fall quarter 2010 and academic year 2010-2011 are now available for purchase through the Sustainable Transportation office.

Faculty, staff and Dining Services employees wishing to purchase a bus pass should go to the transportation website http://www.wwu.edu/transportation or call the Sustainable Transportation office at (360) 650-7960. Passes are sent through campus mail unless arrangements for personal pick-up are made.

The employee cost for an academic year pass is $58. The employee cost for a fall, winter, or spring single quarter pass is $23.

Fall quarter Viking Xpress passes are valid from Sept. 20, 2010 to Jan. 2, 2011. Academic year passes are valid from Sept. 20, 2010 to June 19, 2011.

For more information, contact Carol Berry or Wendy Crandall in the Sustainable Transportation Office at (360) 650-7960, transportation@wwu.edu or http://www.wwu.edu/transportation/empbuspass.shtml.

WTA service reductions, including elimination of Sunday service, begin Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. For more information about WTA service reductions, see http://www.ridewta.com/.

Starting this fall, all student bus passes will be encoded on the student ID card. For more information about student bus passes see http://www.wwu.edu/transportation/faq.shtml#Student_Bus_Pass_FAQ.